cut back

英 [kʌt bæk]

美 [kʌt bæk]

减少; 削减; 缩减

牛津词典

• 以上各词均含减少、缩小之义，尤指削减经费、缩减生意。
  These words all mean to reduce the amount or size of sth, especially of an amount of money or a business.
• 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费、开支、收入或生意规模）：
  to reduce sth, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent, earned, etc. or the size of a business
  1. The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
     总统承诺大幅度减税。
  2. Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want.
     买主会竭力讨价还价以压低他们想买的房子的价格。
  3. His salary has been cut by ten per cent.
     他的薪金减少了百分之十。
  4. Could you cut your essay from 5 000 to 3 000 words?
     请把你的文章从5 000字删减至3 000字好吗？
• （常用于报章）指大幅度削减、大大降低：
  [often passive] ( rather informal ) (often used in newspapers) to reduce sth by a large amount
  1. The workforce has been slashed by half.
     职工人数裁减了一半。
• 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
  to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business
  1. We had to cut back production.
     我们只得减产。
• 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
  ( especially NAmE or business ) to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business
  1. The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
     国际货币基金组织已经调低对未来十年的增长预测。
• 指对企业或制度进行合理化改革，使合理化、使有经济效益
  ( BrE , business ) to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money
• 指公司或机构精简人员以降低成本。
  ( business ) to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costs
• 指减少（数量）、缩小（规模或范围）：
  to reduce the number, size or extent of sth
  1. We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
     我们将在明年缩小培训计划。

柯林斯词典

• See also:They will be concerned to cut back expenditure on unnecessary items...The Government has cut back on defence spending...We have been cutting back a bit: we did have thirteen horses, but now it's nine.cutback

英英释义

verb

• place restrictions on
  1. curtail drinking in school
  Synonym:restrictcurtailcurb
• cut down on
  1. reduce your daily fat intake
  2. The employer wants to cut back health benefits
  Synonym:reducecut downtrimtrim downtrim backcutbring down
• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  1. dress the plants in the garden
  Synonym:snipclipcroptrimlopdressprune
• return in time
  1. the film cut back to an earlier event in the story
  Synonym:flash back

双语例句

• The football player pretended to run forward, then cut back and took the ball the other way.
  那位足球运动员假装朝前跑，而后突然改变方向，将球向另一个方向带去。
• We are heading for a crisis, with cash-starved councils forced to cut back on vital community services.
  资金紧张的市政会不得不削减主要社区服务项目经费，我们眼看就要陷入危机。
• Boel cut back on french fries and pizza and started walking, cycling and rowing.
  Boel减少食用法式煎炸食品和皮萨，并开始步行、骑车和划船。
• This kind of word has been cut back to save space.
  这类词被缩短了，以便节省篇幅。
• It's time we cut back a little.
  我们是该削减一些开支了。
• If we cannot sell more, we will have to cut back on production.
  如果我们的销量不会更好的话，我们将减少产量。
• We oppose any plans to cut back production.
  我们反对任何削减生产的计划。
• Steel production has been cut back in recent months.
  最近几个月钢产量被缩减了。
• The film cut back to the earlier scene so that we understood her reasons.
  电影倒叙了以前的情景，使我们了解了她的理由。
• The Americans cut back the word "catalogue" and it became "catalog".
  美国人把catalogue这个词加以缩短，成了catalog。